# CGS - COGNITIVE GOVERNANCE SPEC
version: v1.1
status: ACTIVE
mode: SATELLITE
parent: master_architecture_index.md
document_role: satellite_reference_only

## PURPOSE
Describe governance context of cognition.

## AUTHORITY
Authoritative source:
- cas.md (architecture)
- cfc.md (flow control)
- sts.md (state logic)

## RULE
This document may:
- explain governance context
- describe constraints
- define governance separation between documentary and operational audit surfaces

This document may NOT:
- define deterministic orchestration
- define state transitions
- override policy enforcement

## DOCUMENTATION HUB RENDERING GOVERNANCE

The Documentation Hub must preserve the sovereign canonical hierarchy without replacing the existing Phase and Category structure.

Canonical rendering hierarchy:
- Phase
- Category
- Subcategory
- Bucket
- Item

Governance rule:
- Phase and Category remain sovereign navigational layers
- Subcategory is an additive process layer inside a Category
- Bucket belongs to a Subcategory
- Item belongs to a Bucket

Documentation Hub rendering policy:
- left navigation must expose Phase -> Category
- center workflow must expose Subcategory -> Bucket -> Item
- Subcategories must organize process intent inside the selected Category
- generic repeated bodies across different Subcategories are invalid unless canonically mapped to the same executable units

Canonical subcategories:
- Prerequisites
- Installation
- Configuration
- Validation
- Observable Evidence
- Failure Modes & Recovery
- Completion & Promotion

Boundary law:
- the Documentation Hub may organize canonical structure and documentary execution hierarchy
- the Operator Panel may expose runtime truth and operational evidence
- neither side may infer missing Subcategory, Bucket or Item structure without canonical declaration


## AUDIT SPLIT GOVERNANCE
Documentation Hub governance:
- canonical/document audit
- authority ownership visibility
- phase and layer binding visibility
- dependency and documentation gap visibility

Operator Panel governance:
- operational/runtime audit
- runtime evidence visibility
- health, telemetry and execution-state visibility

Boundary law:
- the Documentation Hub may describe canon
- the Operator Panel may report runtime reality
- neither side may redefine the other's authority